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LAWS  OF  NEW  YORK. -By  Authority 

CHAP.    4OO. 

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  in 
relation  to  regulating  and  licensing  public  (lancing 

academies. 

Became  a  law  May  If),  190!),  with  the  approval  of  the 

Governor.     Passed,  throe-fifths  being  present. 

Accepted  by  the  City. 

Tfic  People  (if  flic  State  of  \<'ir  York,  represented 
in  Senate  ami  A.xxenihl!/.  do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  The  Greater  New  York  charter,  as  re- 
enacted  by  chapter  four  hundred  and  sixty-six  of  the 
laws  of  nineteen  hundred  and  one,  is  hereby  amended 
by  adding  after  section  fourteen  hundred  and  eighty- 
seven,  seven  new  sections,  to  be  sections  fourteen  hun- 
dred and  eighty-eight,  fourteen  hundred  and  eighty- 
nine,  fourteen  hundred  and  ninety,  fourteen  hundred 
and  ninety-one,  fourteen  hundred  and  ninety-two,  four- 
teen  hundred  and  ninety-three  and  fourteen  hundred 
and  ninety-four  thereof,  to  read,  respectively,  as  fol- 
lows: 

S  1488.  The  words  '"public  dancing  academy," 
when  used  in  this  act,  shall  be  taken  to  mean: 

1.  Any  room  or  place  in  the  city  of  New  York  in 
which  dancing  is  taught  and  which  is  designated,  ad- 
vertised  or  held  out  by  advertisements,  signs,  placards 
or  public  notices  of  any  kind,  as  a  dancing  school. 


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dancing  academy,  dancing  class,  school  for  dancers, 
or  place  whore  dancing  is  taught;  and 

2.  In  which  payment  is  made  for  instruction  or 
to  which  admission  can  be  had  by  paying  for  in- 
struction or  for  the  right  to  be  admitted,  or  to  which 
admission  can  be  had  by  the  purchase,  possession  or 
presentation  of  a  ticket  or  token,  or  in  which  a  charge 
is  made  for  the  caring  for  clothing  or  other  property. 

§  1489.  No  public  dancing  academy  shall  be  con- 
ducted nor  shall  dancing  be  taught  or  permitted  in  any 
public  dancing  academy  unless  it  shall  be  licensed 
pursuant  to  this  act  and  the  license  be  in  force  and 
not  suspended.  Any  person  violating  this  section  shall 
be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 

,  §  1490.  All  public  dancing  academies  shall  be  li- 
censed by  the  mayor  or  other  licensing  authority  of 
the  city  of  New  York;  the  fee  for  each  such  license 
shall  be  fifty  dollars  for  each  year  or  fraction  thereof. 
All  licenses  issued  on  or  between  the  first  day  of 
April  and  the  thirtieth  day  of  September  of  any  year 
shall  expire  on  the  thirty-first  day  of  March  of  the 
succeeding  year.  All  licenses  issued  on  or  between 
the  first  day  of  October  and  the  thirty-first  day  of 
March  of  any  year  sliji.ll  expire  on  the  thirtieth  day 
of  September  of  the  succeeding  year.  \n  li<'-<:itx<i  xlnill 
he  jsxiicil  nnlcx*  tlic  i>1<icc  for  irliirli  it  /\  ixxiiol  cuin- 
l>licx  irilii  all  hiir*.  oi'iJiiHUtccx.  ruli'x  mi'l  llic  iirori- 
v/r>./x  of  anil  bniltUni/  <-<><l<'  <ii>i>lic<il>l(  llicr<i<>.  and  is  a 
xafc  and  )>r<>iicr  place  for  the  purpose  for  which  it 
shall  be  used,  properly  rrntil<itr<l  and  supplied  with 
sufficient  tnihi  i.-rnirciih'iir*-*. 

S  14!H.  \t>  //<•(•//*<•  xlutll  IK  ix*n<'<1  iinlil  tin-  liccnx- 
hi'i  (iiithvi'ifii  xlnill  hare  i'<T'ci i'i'<1  <i  li'i'ittcii'  report  of 


an  inspector  and  of  the  bureaus  and  departments  hav- 
ing supervision  over  the  building  or  premises  to  be 
licensed  or  the  construction  thereof,  that  it  complies 
irith  all  applicable  laws,  ordinances,  rules  and  pro- 
rixidiix  of  building  code.  No  license  shall  be  renewed 
except  after  reinspection  by  the  licensing  authority. 
Additional  inspection  of  every  licensed  dancing  acad- 
emy may  be  made  under  the  direction  of  the  licensing 
authority.  All  inspectors  shall  be  permitted  to  have 
access  to  all  public  dancing  academies  at  all  reason- 
able times  and  whenever  they  are  open  for  dancing, 
instruction  in  dancing  or  for  any  other  purpose.  In- 
spectors shall  be  required  to  report  all  violations.  All 
reports  shall  be  in  writing  and  shall  be  filed  and 
made  matters  of  public  record. 

§  1492.  No  liquors  shall  be  sold,  served  or  given 
away  in  any  public  dancing  academy,  or  in  any  room 
connected  therewith  or  on  the  same  floor  of  the  build- 
ing. The  word  "  liquors"  as  used  in  this  section  shall 
be  construed  as  defined  in  the  liquor  tax  law  of  this 
state. 

*  1 1'.»3,  The  license  of  any  public  dancing  academy 
shall  be  forfeited  on  conviction  of  any  person  for  vio- 
lation of  section  fourteen  hundred  and  ninety-two  of 
this  act,  or  upon  the  conviction  of  any  person  for  vio- 
lation of  section  four  hundred  and  eighty-four  or 
section  eleven  hundred  and  forty-six  of  the  penal  law 
in  or  with  respect  to  the  premises  of  any  public 
dancing  academy.  The  license  of  any  public  dancing 
academy  may  be  revoked  by  the  licensing  authority 
whenever  the  licensed  premises  do  not  comply  with 
section  fourteen  hundred  and  ninety  of  this  act,  pro- 
vided that  the  licensee  or  persons  in  charge  shall  he 


served  with  a  copy  of  the  report  or  complaint  and 
shall  have  the  right  to  a  public  hearing. 

§  1494.  The  mayor  or  licensing  authority  of  the 
city  of  New  York,  may  appoint  such  inspectors  and 
other  officials  necessary  to  carry  out  the  provisions 
of  this  act  as  may  he  authorized  by  the  board  of  esti- 
mate and  apportionment  of  said  city  or  other  autho- 
rity having  the  right  to  appropriate  public  moneys. 
The  money  paid  for  licenses  under  this  act  shall  be 
applied  toward  the  payment  of  the  salaries  of  the  in- 
spectors appointed  hereunder.  Any  deficiency  and 
any  other  expense  of  carrying  this  act  into  effect  until 
appropriation  can  be  made  therefor  shall  be  met  by 
the  issue  of  revenue  bonds  of  the  city. 

§  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  September  thirtieth, 
nineteen  hundred  and  nine. 

STATE  OF  NEW  YOEIC,  } 

Office  of  the  Secretary  of  State.}  ss-: 

I  have  compared  the  preceding  with  the  original  law 
on  file  in  this  office,  aud  do  hereby  certify  that  the 
same  is  a  correct  transcript  therefrom  and  of  the 
whole  of  said  original  law. 

SAMUEL  S.  KOEXH'J. 

Secret  aril  of  Xtatc. 


RULES    AND     REGULATIONS 


BUREAU     OF     BUILDINGS,     BOROUGH     OF 
BROOKLYN, 

governing  the  erection  and  conversion  of  buildings  to 
he  used  for  the  purpose  of  Moving  Picture  Shows, 
DANCING  ACADEMIES,  Music  Halls  or  any  other 
public  entertainment  for  the  accommodation  of  not 
more  than  three  hundred  persons 

Before  the  erection,  construction  or  alteration  of 
any  such  building,  or  part  thereof,  there  must  be  filed 
with  the  Superintendent  of  Buildings,  complete  plans 
and  detailed  statement  as  set  forth  in  section  4  of  the 
Building  Code. 

The  plans  must  show  clearly  and  fully  the  location 
and  width  of  all  exits,  passageways,  stairs,  fire  es- 
capes, aisles,  etc.:  the  arrangement  of  seats;  size  of 
floor  beams,  wall,  supports,  etc.;  the  location  and 
construction  of  the  enclosure  for  the  moving  picture 
light  and  machinery  or  for  other  similar  apparatus; 
a  diagram  of  the  lot  or  plot,  showing  outlets  from 
all  exits  and  also  such  other  detailed  statements,  plans 
or  other  details  as  may  be  required  by  the  Superin- 
tendent of  Buildings,  and  if  such  house  is  a  tenement 
house,  permit  from  the  tenement  house  department 
must  be  obtained. 

EXITS. — All  such  buildings  nmst  be  provided  with 
at  least  two  separate  exits,  remote  from  each 


other,  and  leading  to  direct  and  positive  outlets.  The 
width  iu  the  clear  of  each  such  exit  must  be  at  least 
4  feet  for  buildings  accommodating  100  persons  or 
less;  4  feet  6  inches  in  the  clear  whore  more  than 
100  and  not  over  200  persons  are  accommodated:  5 
feet  in  the  clear  for  over  200  and  not  more  than  300 ; 
or  in  lieu  of  the  increased  width  there  may  be  pro- 
vided an  additional  exit  not  less  than  2  feet  G  inches 
in  width  in  the  clear. 

All  exit  doors  must  be  made  to  open  outwardly  and 
in  such  a  way  as  not  to  obstruct  any  passageway. 

GALLERY. — If  there  is  to  be  a  gallery,  there  must 
be  provided  from  said  gallery  at  least  one  line  of 
interior  stairs  and  one  line  of  outside  fire  escapes. 
remote  from  each  other.  All  doors  leading  to  fire 
escape  must  be  not  less  than  3  feet  in  the  clear. 

STAIRS. — The  width  in  the  clear  of  all  stairs  must 
be  at  least  3  feet  where  they  accommodate  50  persons 
or  less ;  4  feet  in  the  clear  where  above  50  and  not 
more  than  100  persons;  4  feet  6  inches  in  the  clear 
for  over  100  and  not  more  than  150  persons;  5  feet 
in  the  dear  for  over  150  and  not  more  than  200  per- 
sons: 5  feet  ii  inches  in  the  clear  for  over  L'lto  and 
not  more  than  25O  persons  and  <;  feet  in  the  dear 
for  over  250  and  not  more  than  300  persons ;  or  in  lieu 
of  the  increased  width  there  may  be  provided  an  ad- 
ditional stair  providing  that  the  width  in  the  clear 
of  each  stair  is  not  less  than  4  feet. 

FIRE  ESCAPKS. — All  fire  escapes  must  have  balconies 
not  less  than  3  feet  in  the  clear  in  width,  and  not  less 
than  4  feet  6  inches  long,  and  from  said  balconies 
there  shall  be  staircases  extending  to  the  ground 
level ;  with  a  rise  of  not  over  S'^,  indies  and  a  step 


of  not  less  limit  xi .j  indies,  and  the  width  of  each 
stairs  must  he  not  loss  than  3  feet.  All  fire  escapes 
must  be  built  of  fireproof  material. 

PROSCENIUM  WALT,.— A  fire  wall  shall  separate  the 
auditorium  from  the  statue,  and  said  wall  shall  ex- 
tend the  full  height  of  the  auditorium.  Said  wall 
must  be  constructed  of  approved  fireproof  material, 
or  may  be  constructed  of  wooden  studs  covered  on 
both  sides  with  either  sheet  iron,  metal  lath  and 
plaster  or  V.-ineh  plaster  boards.  All  openings  in 
said  wall  shall  have  fireproof  self-closing  doors. 

CURTAIN,  SCENKRY,  ETC. — All  curtains,  sceneries, 
drops,  etc.,  must  be  treated  with  at  least  one  good 
coat,  of  fire  resisting  paint,  approved  by  the  Super- 
intendent of  Buildings. 

SIGN  OVER  EXITS. — Every  exit  must  have  over  the 
same  on  the  inside  the  word  EXIT  painted  in  legible 
letters,  not  less  than  S  inches  high. 

LIGHTS. — Every  portion  of  the  building  devoted  to 
the  uses  or  accommodation  of  the  public,  also  all 
•  nit lets  leading  to  the  streets,  and  including  the  courts 
and  corridors,  nuisi  he  well  and  properly  lighted  dur- 
ing every  performance,  and  the  same  must  remain 
lighted  until  the  entire  audience  has  left  the  premises. 

There  must  be  one  red  light  placed  over  each  exit, 
on  the  inside. 

SKATS.-  All  seats  in  the  auditorium,  excepting  those 
contained  in  boxes,  must  be  not  less  than  L'S  inches 
from  back  to  back,  measured  in  a  horizontal  direc- 
tion. No  seat  in  the  auditorium  shall  have  more  than 
seven  seats  intervening  between  it  and  an  aisle,  on 
either  side. 


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STORAGE  ROOM. — Any  room  located  within  any  por- 
tion of  the  building  devoted  to  the  uses  or  accommo- 
dation of  the  public,  used  for  storage  purposes,  or 
workshop,  or  property  room,  shall  be  enclosed  with 
walls  or  partitions  constructed  in  the  same  manner 
as  herein  specified  for  proscenium  wall. 

CKII.IXG. — The  ceiling  directly  under  the  auditorium 
floor  must  be  plastered  or  covered  with  metal. 

MOVING  PICTURE  APPARATUS. — Where  the  calcium 
lights  are  used  for  moving  pictures,  or  other  purposes. 
and  where  specially  hazardous  lights  or  apparatus  are 
used  for  any  purposes  whatsoever,  all  the  supports 
and  enclosures  used  for  said  apparatus  must  be  either 
constructed  of  fireproof  material,  or  wood  covered  on 
all  sides  and  edges  with  metal  and  adequate  provi- 
sion must  be  made  for  the  protection  of  both  prop- 
erty and  life. 

FLOOR  LOADS. — Any  portion  of  the  floor  of  the  build- 
ing devoted  to  the  uses  or  accommodation  of  the  pub- 
lic, must  be  of  sufficient  strength  to  safely  bear  a 
live  load  of  !><>  pounds  per  superficial  foot. 

Aisr.KS.—  All  aisles  on  the  respective  floors  in  the  audi- 
torium must  be  not  less  than  2  feet  <•  inches  wide  in 
the  clear  where  they  accommodate  50  persons  or  less. 
and  the  width  of  such  aisles  must  be  increased  one 
inch  for  every  ten  persons  over  ."><>. 

GRADIFNTS.— • To  overcome  any  difference  of  level  in 
and  between  courts,  corridors,  lobbies,  passages  and 
aisles,  gradients  of  not  over  one  foot  in  eight  feet 
or  steps  having  a  rise  of  not  over  S'^  and  a  width 
of  not  less  than  10  inches  must  be  used. 


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